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This study applies a full information maximum likelihood (FIML) estimator of the sample selection model with bivariate selection rule for the investigation of the impact of subsidised firm foundation from unemployment on employment growth of the firm. The empirical analysis is based on the ZEW...
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This paper analyzes the medium-term growth performance of firms that exclusively received start-up assistance from programs administered by the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank (DtA), a state owned bank, within two years after startup. I apply a parametric selection approach that controls for two...
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In this paper we examine causal effects of German public assistance programs for young firms administered by the Deutsche Ausgleichsbank (DtA). The empirical analysis is based on a combined data set with information from the ZEW Entrepreneurship Study and the DtA data base that contains all...
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This study investigates firm survival and employment growth of start-ups by unemployed people in East and West Germany … 1995 and could be observed at least one year after their foundation in 4 regions of East and 11 regions of West Germany. In …
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self-employed and job movers. The analysis is based on a cross section of individual data for West Germany in 1991 …
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Start-up subsidies play an important role in supporting start-up innovation and performance. However, what characteristics help and hinder start-ups to seek start-up subsidies remains unclear. We study whether and how founder personality, as captured by the big five personality traits and...
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In April 1995, 5.3 million people in Germany were on the lookout for a new job opportunity. 177,000 or nearly 3% of … selfemployment in lieu of wage work are investigated separately for East and West Germany. Using the 70 %-ZEW-sample of the … factors like age, sex and education, on the status in the labour market. In 1991 in East Germany the probability of aspiring …
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The amendment to the German Trade and Crafts Code in 2004 offers a natural experiment to asses the causal effects of this reform on the probabilities of being self-employed and transition into and out of self-employment, using cross-sections (2002-2006) of German microcensus data. This study...
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opening of new institutions of tertiary education across Germany in the 1980s and 1990s. The new college substantially …
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